The Tomb of Ligeia
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The Tomb of Ligeia is a 1964 Gothic horror film directed by Roger Corman and starring Vincent Price, loosely adapted from Edgar Allan Poe’s works and noted for its eerie atmosphere and psychological themes.
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| The Tomb of Ligeia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Tomb of Ligeia Context triple: [Roger Corman Poe cycle, includesFilm, The Tomb of Ligeia]
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A.
Le Tombeau d’Edgar Poe
Le Tombeau d’Edgar Poe is a poem by Stéphane Mallarmé paying homage to the American writer Edgar Allan Poe.
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B.
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher is a gothic horror miniseries loosely inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s works, centered on a corrupt pharmaceutical dynasty facing a series of gruesome, supernatural reckonings.
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C.
The Fall of the House of Usher
"The Fall of the House of Usher" is a classic Gothic short story that explores themes of madness, decay, and the supernatural through the eerie decline of an aristocratic family and its crumbling mansion.
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D.
House of Usher
House of Usher is a 1960 gothic horror film adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher,” directed by Roger Corman and starring Vincent Price.
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E.
The Cats of Ulthar
"The Cats of Ulthar" is a dark fantasy short story by H. P. Lovecraft about a law in a mysterious town that forbids the killing of cats, born from a sinister act of vengeance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Tomb of Ligeia Target entity description: The Tomb of Ligeia is a 1964 Gothic horror film directed by Roger Corman and starring Vincent Price, loosely adapted from Edgar Allan Poe’s works and noted for its eerie atmosphere and psychological themes.
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A.
Le Tombeau d’Edgar Poe
Le Tombeau d’Edgar Poe is a poem by Stéphane Mallarmé paying homage to the American writer Edgar Allan Poe.
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B.
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher is a gothic horror miniseries loosely inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s works, centered on a corrupt pharmaceutical dynasty facing a series of gruesome, supernatural reckonings.
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C.
The Fall of the House of Usher
"The Fall of the House of Usher" is a classic Gothic short story that explores themes of madness, decay, and the supernatural through the eerie decline of an aristocratic family and its crumbling mansion.
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D.
House of Usher
House of Usher is a 1960 gothic horror film adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher,” directed by Roger Corman and starring Vincent Price.
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E.
The Cats of Ulthar
"The Cats of Ulthar" is a dark fantasy short story by H. P. Lovecraft about a law in a mysterious town that forbids the killing of cats, born from a sinister act of vengeance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Gothic horror film
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film ⓘ |
| alternateTitle | Edgar Allan Poe's The Tomb of Ligeia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artDirector | Daniel Haller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aspectRatio | 2.35:1 ⓘ |
| basedOn |
short story "Ligeia"
NERFINISHED
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works by Edgar Allan Poe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Arthur Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Eastmancolor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| costumeDesigner | Michael Whittaker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Roger Corman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | American International Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributorRegion |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| editedBy | Alfred Cox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Ligeia
NERFINISHED
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Rowena Trevanion NERFINISHED ⓘ Verden Fell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| femaleLeadPortrayedBy | Rowena Trevanion – Elizabeth Shepherd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Castle Acre Priory
NERFINISHED
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Norfolk, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Gothic film
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horror film ⓘ psychological horror film ⓘ |
| hasCatCharacter | black cat ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActor | Vincent Price NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActress | Elizabeth Shepherd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadCharacterPortrayedBy | Verden Fell – Vincent Price NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Kenneth V. Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | widower haunted by his dead wife ⓘ |
| notableFor |
eerie atmosphere
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psychological themes ⓘ |
| partOf | Roger Corman Poe cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Roger Corman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Alta Vista Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1960s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 82 ⓘ |
| screenplayAdaptationType | loose adaptation ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Robert Towne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | rural England ⓘ |
| starring |
Elizabeth Shepherd
NERFINISHED
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Vincent Price NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
hypnosis and suggestion
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identity and memory ⓘ obsession with the dead ⓘ |
| title | The Tomb of Ligeia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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